Nothing Better Ch16 Pages 1-5

Here's the beginning of chapter 16! In case you hadn't noticed, it looks a lot different. Why? Because.
I finished five pages of art for this chapter that matched the previous style and I just felt very 'meh' about it. I really felt like I was going through the motions.

Then I was looking through some old sketches and ran across a few drawings of the NB characters in this style. I'd considered making this switch before when I started doodling them in this style for fun. But I felt like it would have been too abrupt of a change right in the middle of what is supposed to be one continuous book. Then I just figured "what the heck." Why not, right?

I want to keep working on Nothing Better and I needed a way to re-engage myself. In addition to changing the art style I've changed the 'page' sizes slightly so they a) fit better on a screen and b) are smaller and faster to draw and finish. I've been squeezing in a page here and there when I've got 20 minutes and hope to build up a little buffer while I don't have any freelance projects going on.

Oh, cool. I thought chapter 15 was the end because there was no "Next" link. Good thing I noticed that the Archive listed a chapter 16. 8-)

I started reading this last year, and just got completely caught up. I'm glad to see you're hoping to continue; I was very disappointed when I realized chapter 15 had been posted in 2011.

Thanks for all your hard work on this comic. The characters feel REAL to me, which is rare. I do have some trouble keeping track of all the different characters, but that's partly my own fault as it's sometimes a month or more before I come back to read some more chapters, so my memories are vague. Another archive reread should help refresh my memory.

I think that a looser style does allow you to work faster and more comfortably. It seems to suit the characters and the story. In my own work, I find that working smaller is freeing but I tend to leave out more detail.Glad to see you're back at this story!

When I google searched I noticed that there are two more pages posted in this chapter, but for some reason you can't get to them from this page! There is not a next link at the top...you might want to fix that :)

Hi there!First, let me say how happy I am that NB is finally resuming! The new style is a big turn off, though I understand the reasons behind the change. It's simply too point (and toothy) for my taste, and, to me, makes the characters look all the same. However, as I love the characters and really like the story, I'll go on reading, but with less satisfaction, as I really enjoyed the shading, roundness, and facial expressions of the previous styles. In any case, thank you for your work and talent!

I rather like the new art style, its looser and reminds me of Doug from Nickelodeon a bit. Plus, I'm just happy Nothing Better is updating again!

However there is one small criticism, and that's how everyone has an overbite. Everyone's teeth are showing at all times, unless they have a full beard. It's the one small thing that rubs me the wrong way.